Greece

Series of conflicts between Greek city-states and the Achaemenid Persian Empire during the fifth century BCE.

Broad historical era of Greek-speaking communities and city-states, including the archaic, classical and Hellenistic periods; its boundaries are conventional.

Regionally variable archaeological era when bronze metallurgy became important across societies; its beginning and end differ greatly by region.

Period of the Greek city-states encompassing the Persian Wars, the ascendancy of Athens, the Peloponnesian War and the rise of Macedon before the death of Alexander the Great.

A Persian-Greek battle at the Thermopylae pass during the 480 BCE invasion of Greece, remembered for the defense led by Leonidas. Its exact calendar day remains uncertain.

The Athenian trial and death sentence of Socrates became a defining episode in ancient philosophy.

Athenian philosopher whose questioning of conventional beliefs and public religious trial culminated in his execution in 399 BCE.

The southern Greek kingdom and royal seat associated in the film with Menelaus and Helen.

The Athenian polis, where Socrates lived, taught, was prosecuted, and died.

Ancient fortified pass in central Greece and site of the 480 BCE Battle of Thermopylae.

The fortified city besieged by the Achaean coalition in the film; archaeologically associated with Hisarlık.

The Boeotian port where the Greek fleet assembles before sailing to Troy.

The Mycenaean royal center associated with Agamemnon and the Greek coalition.

The Roman province containing Alexandria and the wider administrative and cultural setting of the story.